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Jeffrey EggersDefense Intelligence Senior Level Executive, Chief Technology Officer for the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and ReconnaissanceHeadquarters U.S. Air Force

Mr. Eggers is a Defense Intelligence Senior Level executive and the Chief Technology Officer for the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington D.C. Mr. Eggers manages Science and Technology policy supporting the Air Force ISR enterprise.

Mr. Eggers retired from the Air Force as a Colonel in 2011 after 27 years of service. He most recently served at the Pentagon as the Director of Advanced ISR Capabilities and Director of UAS Transfor-mation. In these roles he delivered transformative capabilities in the areas of UAS operations, geo-spatial intelligence, mission planning and targeting.

Mr. Eggers is a distinguished graduate with honors from United States Air Force Academy class of 1984. He attended the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program and served three tours flying the A-10 Thunderbolt II and one tour flying the MQ-1 Predator. His A-10 experience culminated as Chief of A-10 Operational Flight Test where he helped develop and test most of the major upgrades and tactics in use today. In June 2005, he became the first reservist officer to serve as Deputy Commander of the 432nd Operations Group, performing operational, training, and test missions using the MQ-1 and MQ-9 aircraft in support of the global war on terror. Mr. Eggers is a Command Pilot with over 3000 hours in 10 aircraft and Charles Stark Draper Fellow.

EDUCATION:1984 Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics, USAFA1985 Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training1989 Squadron Officers School1994 Masters of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT2002 Air Command and Staff College2006 Air War College